Track map & timeline · Atlantic · June 18–26, 1968
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
Hurricane Brenda (1968) was a Category 1 hurricane of the 1968 Atlantic season. It formed on June 18, 1968, 43 mi NE of Key West, Florida, reached its peak of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 990 mb on June 24, 1968, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 8.5 days and travelled about 2,926 miles (4,708 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami, Florida | 69 mi | Jun 18 · 13:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Hialeah, Florida | 64 mi | Jun 18 · 14:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Miramar, Florida | 66 mi | Jun 18 · 15:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | 67 mi | Jun 18 · 16:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Hollywood, Florida | 71 mi | Jun 18 · 16:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 72 mi | Jun 18 · 17:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Cape Coral, Florida | 40 mi | Jun 18 · 23:00 UTC | TD 29 mph |
| Port Saint Lucie, Florida | 56 mi | Jun 19 · 09:00 UTC | TD 32 mph |
| Orlando, Florida | 17 mi | Jun 19 · 18:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Jacksonville, Florida | 55 mi | Jun 20 · 04:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.0°N 81.3°W | 43 mi NE of Key West, Florida |
| Jun 18 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.3°N 81.3°W | 53 mi WSW of Homestead, Florida |
| Jun 18 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 25.7°N 81.3°W | 31 mi ESE of Marco Island, Florida |
| Jun 18 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.2°N 81.3°W | 17 mi SSE of Immokalee, Florida |
| Jun 19 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.6°N 81.3°W | 14 mi NNE of Immokalee, Florida |
| Jun 19 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 27.1°N 81.3°W | 29 mi SSE of Sebring, Florida |
| Jun 19 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 27.7°N 81.2°W | 20 mi ENE of Avon Park, Florida |
| Jun 19 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1012 mb | 28.5°N 81.1°W | near Alafaya, Florida |
| Jun 20 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 29.5°N 81.0°W | 14 mi ESE of Palm Coast, Florida |
| Jun 20 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 30.3°N 80.7°W | 41 mi E of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida |
| Jun 20 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 30.8°N 79.8°W | 96 mi ESE of Saint Simons Island, Georgia |
| Jun 20 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1008 mb | 30.9°N 78.7°W | 148 mi SSE of Charleston, South Carolina |
| Jun 21 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 31.0°N 77.7°W | 177 mi SE of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Jun 21 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 31.0°N 76.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 21 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 31.0°N 75.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 21 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 995 mb | 31.0°N 74.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 22 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 31.0°N 73.7°W | open ocean |
| Jun 22 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 31.1°N 73.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 22 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | 998 mb | 31.5°N 72.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 22 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | 997 mb | 32.1°N 71.9°W | open ocean |
| Jun 23 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 997 mb | 32.7°N 71.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 23 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 995 mb | 33.7°N 70.1°W | open ocean |
| Jun 23 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | 992 mb | 34.6°N 68.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 23 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 35.1°N 66.6°W | open ocean |
| Jun 24 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 991 mb | 35.4°N 64.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 24 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 990 mb | 35.4°N 61.8°W | open ocean |
| Jun 24 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | 990 mb | 35.5°N 59.3°W | open ocean |
| Jun 24 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 35.7°N 56.6°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 997 mb | 35.8°N 54.0°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 36.2°N 51.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 994 mb | 36.7°N 48.9°W | open ocean |
| Jun 25 18:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 37.2°N 46.2°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 37.8°N 43.5°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 06:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 38.4°N 40.7°W | open ocean |
| Jun 26 12:00 | TD extratropical | 35 mph | — | 39.0°N 38.0°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Brenda. Its closest approach to a major city was 17 miles from Orlando, Florida.
At its peak on June 24, 1968, Brenda was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 81 mph (130 km/h) and a central pressure of 990 mb.
8.5 days, from June 18, 1968 to June 26, 1968, including 36 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 2,926 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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